Join Holocaust Museum Houston as survivor Bill Orlin gives his testimony on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater. Between 1939 and 1945, Orlin and his family lived on the run. The eldest son of Sender and Sonia Orlinski, he was seven years old when German troops invaded Poland […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston as Holocaust survivor Dr. Anna Steinberger gives her testimony on the Mady and Ken Kades Stage in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater. Germany attacked Poland in September 1939, when Anna was 11 years old. As bombs fell, Anna and her parents and older brother fled eastward together with thousands of […]
In honor of the exhibition, The Life and Art of Alice Lok Cahana, Holocaust Museum Houston will host a screening of the Steven Spielberg film The Last Days." The film recounts the personal stories of five Hungarian Jews and their survival of the Nazis' efforts to "cleanse Hungary in 1944, even as they faced defeat […]
Brave Little Company, Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Montrose Center present “Our Stories Belong: A Rainbow Storytime for ALL of Houston’s Kids.” Our Stories Belong is a free, in-person book club packed with creative activities, ideal for families with kids aged 5-10. Love makes a family, and imagination gives us the key to becoming our […]
Join local and national leaders to discuss critical issues of hate speech, racism, and bigotry facing our ethnic and religious communities. Take an active role in developing meaningful solutions to create a more tolerant society. Topics will include immigration, discovering our common values, and turning adversity into advantage. Co-ChairsMurad AjaniDonna F. ColePaula MendozaAl Tribble Committee […]
November 9, 1938, marked the start of the November Pogroms, when violent antisemitic demonstrations broke out across Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. This exhibition will shed light on the events as exemplified within several Jewish families in Ladenburg, Germany. It gives a picture of the citys residents and their relations to one […]
Stunning photography and fascinating stories document the work of Ammon Weinstein, an Israeli master violin maker, who restored instruments that survived the Holocaust. The photos highlight Weinstein’s Violins of Hope project, which returns these violins, once silenced, to the finest Symphony Halls. Tickets*: $12 Member | $15 PublicPremium Ticket with Book: $45*Prices listed include service […]
Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughtersLibrary of Congress Celebrate Black History Month at the Museum as we explore the practice of formerly enslaved persons writing letters to the Freedmen’s Bureau and placing ads in newspapers hoping to reconnect with family after emancipation. These ads convey the heartbreak, desperation, hope […]
Brave Little Company, Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Montrose Center present “Our Stories Belong: A Rainbow Storytime for ALL of Houston’s Kids.” Our Stories Belong is a free, in-person book club packed with creative activities, ideal for families with kids aged 5-10. Love makes a family, and imagination gives us the key to becoming our […]
Celebrated artist and Holocaust survivor Alice Lok Cahana passed away in 2017, however, her story lives on through a prolific collection of artwork that illustrates her experience during the Holocaust and memorializes the lives lost. Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) will celebrate Cahana, not only as an artist, but as a devoted friend, loving mother and […]